Mortgages

Kensington unveils 11-40 year fixed rate mortgages

Kensington Mortgages has introduced its first long-term fixed rate mortgage, available from Tuesday 23...

Proportunity hires its first national account manager

Matt Surridge has joined Proportunity as national account manager. Surridge (pictured, left) joins Proportunity from fintech...

Monthly record for Stamp Duty receipts

HM Treasury received £1.32bn in Stamp Duty revenue in October 2021, the highest monthly...

Coutts range now on Twenty7Tec SOURCE module

Twenty7Tec has announced that Coutts has added its mortgage product range including fixed rate...

Bluestone Mortgages cuts bank statement requirements

Bluestone Mortgages has made policy changes across its entire product range to improve the...

Newcastle BS completes first Deposit Unlock deals

Newcastle Building Society has announced the first completions in the UK under the industry-led...

Borrowers with variable incomes still face lower maximum loan sizes

Borrowers who have an element of variable income are being offered an average maximum...

New chair for Society of Mortgage Professionals

Carlos Thibaut, formerly CEO of 360Dotnet, is to become the new chair of the...

Scottish BS launches affordability calculator with Mortgage Brain

A partnership between Scottish Building Society and Mortgage Brain has led to the launch...

TMA adds the Cambridge to panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of The Cambridge Building Society to its lender...

F4B Network unveils free admin support package

The F4B Network has introduced a free administration support package for its Appointed Representatives...

Repercussions of Covid still showing in criteria searches

Knowledge Bank latest tracker has revealed that advisers are working with a "significant" number...

Clydesdale Bank increases mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing the rates on selected mortgages. The bank is also launching new products. These...

Rise in over-50s ‘doer-uppers’

Hodge has witnessed a 10% rise in the number of customers who are using...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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